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Here again, we must look at the whole man, as he needs to be if he is to possess a memory, in order to see that mysticism is impossible for ordinary consciousness.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"5. Anthroposophy and Cosmology","site_heading":null,"date":"1922-06-05","location":null,"word_count":153,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/83/1922-06-05/p013","alignment_confidence":"medium","alignment_reason":"beads:length","two_voice_volume":false,"translation_credit":{"scope":"unit","status":"established","translator":"B. A. 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Aber wir brauchen unser regelmäßiges, geordnetes Gedächtnis. Wenn es nur irgendwie unterbrochen ist bis zu dem Zeitpunkt, bis zu dem wir uns zurückerinnern in unserer Kindheit, dann verfallen wir in seelisch krankhafte Zustände. Der Mensch muß so veranlagt sein, daß er das, was er von außen her erlebt, aufhalten kann. Er kann also nicht so veranlagt sein, daß er unmittelbar hinuntertaucht in sein tiefstes Inneres. Wenn wir den mystischen Versuch unternehmen, ohne weiteres mit dem gewöhnlichen Bewußtsein in unser tiefstes Inneres hinunterzutauchen, so tauchen wir eben nur bis zu dem Spiegelungsapparat. Und es ist mit Recht, um unserer Menschheit willen mit Recht, daß das die Vorstellungen heraufleuchten, die wir von außen aufgenommen haben. 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